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Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy might retire from the bench as early as this summer, a GOP senator said, and if true, President Trump would be able to nominate a justice who could tilt the nation’s highest court well to the right for the foreseeable future.

Kennedy, the 81-year-old swing vote appointed to the court by former President Ronald Reagan, has served on the bench for 29 years.

Politico reported last week that Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., said "Kennedy is going to retire around sometime early summer," suggesting the potential vacancy on the court could energize the Republican base.

But Heller's office provided an official transcript of his comments, making it appear they were seemingly taken out of context by Politico.

Despite Kennedy’s conservative background, the justice is the crucial swing vote on the bench, tending to side with liberal colleagues on issues of gay rights and abortion rights, as well as some cases involving race and the death penalty. Kennedy has written the court’s major gay-rights decisions, including the 2016 ruling that declared same-sex marriage a constitutional right nationwide.

But rumors of Kennedy’s retirement have been discussed since last year, prompting even the White House to release a list of potential nominees.

The White House, in November, said Trump was “refreshing” his list of potential Supreme Court nominees “with input from respected conservative leaders.”

“President Trump will choose a nominee for a future Supreme Court vacancy, should one arise, from this updated list of 25 individuals,” the November statement read.

On Monday, a White House official told Fox News that the list has not changed since then.

Among the 25 names are Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, who said last year that he would “not say no” if Trump asked him to serve on the high court.

"I believe that we're going to have another Supreme Court justice this year," Heller said. "I think that Kennedy is going to retire some time early summer. That being the case, Republicans are going to have another opportunity to put another Supreme Court justice in place, which I am hoping will get our base a little motivated."

The Supreme Court did not respond to Fox News’ request for comment on whether Kennedy would retire by summer.

A spokesperson for Lee told Fox News on Monday that the senator “is honored to represent the people of Utah and is focused on his work in the Senate."

Other candidates on the list are Judge Amy Coney Barrett and Judge Kevin C. Newsom, who were both nominated to their current positions by Trump in May 2017. Barrett currently serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit and Newsom serves on U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.

Also on the latest list are Justice Britt C. Grant of the Supreme Court of Georgia, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and Justice Patrick Wyrick of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

The president has kept Judge William Pryor of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and Judge Thomas Hardiman from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Pennsylvania on the list. Both Pryor and Hardiman were final contenders against Gorsuch for Trump’s first Supreme Court pick last year.

The president has touted the appointment of Gorsuch to the high court as one of best successes in his presidency thus far. Kennedy was Gorsuch’s mentor in 1993.

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Dramacrat

Right. The DemonRats were screaming impeachment before Trump was sworn in because of the number of possible SCOTUS nominations for this particular president. You follow me on that. If they were successful impeaching or starting the impeachment process they would cloud the presidency with a proceeding they could actually suspend any real nominations to SCOTUS.

To say the DemonRats if had such political capital, it's easy to speculate such feelings and resentment would carry over to Pence befuddling him and making him a lame duck President, much like Ford.
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Since the liberals have done literally everything under the sun and dug up everything in Hell to impede Trump and therefore start (yet another) vote for impeachment of Trump and failed, it is safe to say Trump will nominate the deciding SCOTUS judge and there is nothing they can do about it. The only real way they can stop Trump is to NOT call sessions and stay in office for literally three straight years.

The thought of Democrats/liberals/socialists working for three years in a row, no.

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Right. The DemonRats were screaming impeachment before Trump was sworn in because of the number of possible SCOTUS nominations for this particular president. You follow me on that. If they were successful impeaching or starting the impeachment process they would cloud the presidency with a proceeding they could actually suspend any real nominations to SCOTUS.

To say the DemonRats if had such political capital, it's easy to speculate such feelings and resentment would carry over to Pence befuddling him and making him a lame duck President, much like Ford.
Still follow?

Since the liberals have done literally everything under the sun and dug up everything in Hell to impede Trump and therefore start (yet another) vote for impeachment of Trump and failed, it is safe to say Trump will nominate the deciding SCOTUS judge and there is nothing they can do about it. The only real way they can stop Trump is to NOT call sessions and stay in office for literally three straight years.

The thought of Democrats/liberals/socialists working for three years in a row, no.

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Wow you really struggled hard to come up with an excuse for how you arent that retarded that you think the SC can impeach didnt you

Finally, the next president will also determine the balance of the Supreme Court. If elected, Trump would be able to fulfill his promise to appoint a new justice “as close to [Antonin Scalia] as I can find”—thus tipping the balance of a currently divided court back toward reaction, with several more nominees potentially to come.

If you really like Donald Trump, that's great, but if you don't, you have to vote for me anyway. You know why? Supreme Court judges, Supreme Court judges. Have no choice, sorry, sorry, sorry. You have no choice.”

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You couple that with Hill-dawg's Clinton Foundation failure you realize what is driving all the butthurt in Merica.

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The title reads: "Time has run out on the impeachment clock." Who said anything about SCOTUS impeaching Trump? Wait. It was you wasn't it?

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Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy might retire from the bench as early as this summer, a GOP senator said, and if true, President Trump would be able to nominate a justice who could tilt the nation’s highest court well to the right for the foreseeable future.

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Dramacrat

I'm a serious faggot. With my many
sock accounts, and I don't really understand the secondary meaning of things or the real picture..

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What I'm saying is the whole drive to impeach Trump from the beginning was Federal Judgeships and SCOTUS appointments.
Roe vs. Wade -Liberals shitting their pants.
Over zealous and ridiculous gun laws - liberal shitting in their pants.
Lenient sentencing laws and massive recidevation percentage - liberals shitting in their pants.
People born with a dongle are men and therefore cannot use the women's bathroom - liberals shitting in their pants.
Ridiculous government grants studying how drunk lesbians get and how often - liberals shitting in their pants.

Like I said months ago the Hillary/Trump election was going to be the last free election if Hillary won. The leaked DNC emails have proved that.